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1/2 Sovereign - Elizabeth II Gold Ingots
| Issuer | Isle of Man Government |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 1/2 Sovereign |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II IRB 1999 ISLE OF MAN |
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The "1/2 Sovereign" designation here is largely nominal — this is a bullion ingot issue from the Pobjoy Mint, which held the Isle of Man's minting contract and produced a steady stream of gold products through the 1990s targeting the investor and collector crossover market. The Isle of Man's status as a Crown dependency outside the UK allowed it to issue its own coinage independently of the Royal Mint, a flexibility Pobjoy exploited aggressively.
.9999 fineness places this above the traditional sovereign standard of .9167, which is the more telling specification for anyone comparing it to British sovereign coinage.